GDG- Devil's Den Sharpshooter

[Mike Nugent]

Jim makes some excellent points.  I find the  sequence of events proposed by
Bill Frassanito to be the most plausible, but of course it could have been
otherwise.  Like Jim, the problem I have with Groves' analysis is his belief
that the image was manipulated after being taken.  I don't claim any
expertise in ambrotype photography, but I don't think the alterations he
suggests are likely, or perhaps even possible given the limits of the
available technology.  Most importantly, why bother?

Regards,

Mike Nugent

-----Original Message-----
From: cameron2 at optonline.net
Subject: Re: GDG- Devil's Den Sharpshooter

Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:

<<<... I'm not sure I'd call it faked, so much as simply staged for dramatic
effect ...>>>  

<<<... Where Groves looses me isn't so much on the question of which way the
body was moved, but rather, his contentions that the picture itself was
somehow altered and faked after it was taken ...>>>  

<<<... What possible motive would there have been for going to all that
trouble?>>>